Bill Nye The Science Guy

so my job provides Health Insurance.

that's pretty sweet

I get a "Healthwise Handbook" from Kasier Permanente, and I'm flippin' through itl, and I happen upon this:

Homemade Rehydration Drink:

1 quart (that's 4 cups) of water
1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
1/4 teaspoon of salt
3 or 4 tablespoons of sugar

that's hangover prevention juice

es mas-o-menos homemade Gatorade.

fuck chemistry class; this probably the most important thing I have ever learned.

You provide the shit homie

-HECK!

All the guys at work take the vitamin Milk Thistle in 1000 mg every day. That stuff dates back a couple hundred years. Helps clean the nasties out of you on a daily basis, and helps curb the bloating and damage of the liver due to alcohol. Mr 20 beers nightly says he rarely gets hangovers anymore since he started taking it.

Hmmmmmmmmmm, what is this magic treatmant you speak of?

-HECK!

Milk thistle is some sort of herb that comes in capsules, you can pick them up anywhere from Wal Mart to Walgreens. One of Nick's friends is the doctor guy that does cat scans and those sort of things, and he told him to start taking that stuff to control liver damage from drinking. Everyone in this shop is a complete lush, so they all do it. I researched it before I bought him a bottle, and they were using it back a couple hundred years ago because it improves liver function. I guess the more efficently working liver can metabolise a lot more booze with less damage. Doctor guy says to take 1000 mg a day if you're a regular drinker and also take a multiple B vitamin and you'll have a happy liver.

Oh, and you have to do it BEFORE you damage your liver or it starts enlarging. That stuff doesn't reverse damage.